INTRODUCTION Echinococcosis is produced by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus; it is a parasitic disease which is seen rarely in humans and has adverse outcomes. We report a case of advanced pelvic hydatid bone disease with successful limb salvage surgery. Our patient had a 5-year follow-up without recurrence which is a rarity as per the literature. Early diagnosis and prompt medical t...

BACKGROUND Haemoglobinopathies are the commonest hereditary disorders in India and pose a major health problem. Both beta thalassaemia and structural haemoglobin variants are relatively common in northwestern India. Here we report a 29-year-old Sindhi female who was referred to us for a haemoglobinopathy work up and genetic counseling since her spouse was a classical beta thalassaemia carrier. ...

The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of a new technique for transcutaneous ultrasonographic imaging coupled with transrectal manoeuvering for the examination of the left kidney using 10 clinically healthy Jersey/Red Sindhi crossbred cows. The areas extending caudally from the tuber-coxae, cranially up to the 11th intercostal space, dorsally from the lumbar transverse processes, a...

BACKGROUND Maternal mortality is of global public health concern and >99 % of maternal deaths occur in less developed countries. The common causes of direct maternal death are hemorrhage, sepsis and pre-eclampsia/eclampsia. In Pakistan, pre-eclampsia/eclampsia deaths represents one-third of maternal deaths reported at the tertiary care hospital settings. This study explored community perception...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) infections are a serious global and national public health problem. Earlier studies have reported increasing rates of hepatitis infection in Pakistan, particularly in rural areas. Pakistan has no active surveillance program to monitor trends of these infections. The objective of this study was to verify this trend in blood donors from the rural Sindh are...

Sinh sản và xuất thịt là những tính trạng kinh tế quan trọng trong chăn nuôi. Để cải thiện di truyền này, chỉ thị phân tử đã được ứng dụng rộng rãi ở nhiều nước có hệ thống nuôi phát triển. Những nghiên cứu gần đây cho rằng gen RNF212 NCAPG liên đến khả năng sinh sức động vật vú. Trong đó, đột biến thay thế nucleotide đơn C>T trên biết làm gia tăng tỷ lệ tái tổ hợp giảm bò. Hơn nữa, tương th...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of malaria amongst the children with fever or history of fever. SETTING Rural Health Centre (RHC), Jhangara, a town near the Manchhar Lake in Taluka Sehwan, District Dadu, Sindh. SUBJECTS Four hundred and thirty eight children of 6 months to 10 years of age, who attended above described RHC during August through October 1997. M...

Four crossbred Sindhi heifers with an average body weight (BW) of 135 kg and a mean age of 17 months were used to investigate the effect of feeding different combinations of rice straw and ensiled water hyacinth (EWH) supplemented with a source of protein in the form of cottonseed cake (CSC) on intake and digestibility. Four treatments consisting of graded levels of EWH were arranged in a 4×4 L...

Background and Objective: Globally, Colorectal Cancers are also third most common cancers fourth leading cause of death due to carcinoma. Burden is high in Pakistan. The main risk factor for Cancer age, however, other factors e.g. family history, irritable bowel disease, sedentary life-style, visceral adipose tissues, smoking alcohol. Hence; the objective current study was determine point preva...

BACKGROUND Adnexal tumors of the skin are a large and diverse group of benign and malignant neoplasms, which exhibit morphological differentiation toward one of the different types of adnexal epithelium present in normal skin and they pose a diagnostic challenge. The purpose of this study is to share our experience with these rare but aggressive tumors at a tertiary care cancer hospital in a de...